aduana
Portuguese, noun/a.duˈɐ̃.nɐ/
aduana is spelled A-D-U-A-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 80,231st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aduana is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “customs (agency that collect the taxes on imported goods)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “alfândega”.
What does aduana mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecustoms (agency that collect the taxes on imported goods)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. alfândega 2. bairro fechado, habitado por cristãos, em cidades mouriscas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aduana
- aduanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aduana?
- Brazil /a.duˈɐ̃.nɐ/
- Brazil /aˈdwɐ̃.nɐ/
- Portugal /ɐˈdwɐ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aduana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aduana in Portuguese?
aduana appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).